Nvidia A10 vs Nvidia A16

Nvidia A16 rents for 1.9x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 3.8x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.5x on the Nvidia A10
Memory bandwidth3.0x on the Nvidia A10
FP16 / BF16 dense7.0x on the Nvidia A10

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A10 Nvidia A16
Cheapest listed $0.20 $0.11
Median across providers $0.24 $0.31
Most expensive listed $1.29 $0.51
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $146 $79

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A10 or the Nvidia A16 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A10 starts at $0.20 per GPU hour and the Nvidia A16 at $0.11. Nvidia A16 rents for 1.9x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 3.8x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A10: 1 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.24 at Vast.ai. Nvidia A16: 2 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A10: $146 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia A16: $79 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.